The Horace S. Manges Lecture & Conference Fund was established by the law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges in 1986 in memory of its esteemed partner, Horace S. Manges, Law '19. Mr. Manges was a distinguished trial lawyer and was counsel to leading writers and publishers and to the American Book Publishers Council (now the Association of American Publishers). A founder, officer and trustee of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A., he also performed important government service and played an active role in the development of copyright legislation.

2008 Lecture:

James G. Neal

Vice President for Information Services

and University Librarian

Columbia University

The 21st Annual Horace S. Manges Lecture took place on April 1, 2008.  This year's lecturer was James G. Neal, Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian at Columbia University. Previously, he served as the Dean of University Libraries at Indiana University and Johns Hopkins University. He has represented the American library community in testimony on copyright matters before Congressional committees and is a member of the U.S. Copyright Office Section 108 Study Group. His speech was entitled "A Lay Perspective on the Copyright Wars: A Report From the Trenches of the Section 108 Study Group," and will be published in a future issue of The Columbia Journal of Law and the Arts.

2007 Lecture:

 Jane C. Ginsburg, The Morton L. Janklow Professor of Literary & Artistic Property Law, 2007 Manges Lecturer,

Prof. Lionel Bently and his wife, Clair Milligan.

Professor Lionel Bently, the Herchel Smith Professor of Intellectual Property at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge delivered the 20th Annual Horace S. Manges Lecture on Tuesday, April 10, 2007.

2006 Lecture:

Executive Director of the Kernochan Center, June M. Besek, 2006 Manges Lecturer, Nick Taylor and the Morton L. Janklow Professor of Literary & Artistic
Property Law, Jane C. Ginsburg.

Nick Taylor delivered the 19th Annual Horace S. Manges Lecture on April 4, 2006. Mr. Taylor is a best-selling author, the immediate past president of the Authors Guild and director of the Authors Guild Foundation, a member of the literary organization PEN, and an advocate of copyright and fair contracts. Mr. Taylor's lecture was entitled "The Prospects for Copyright in a Bookless World." His lecture will be published in a future issue of the Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts.

2005 Lecture:

Professor Paul Goldstein, Lillick Professor of Law, Stanford University, Professor Jane Ginsburg, and 2003 Manges Lecturer, Judge Pierre N. Leval

The 18th Annual Horace S. Manges Lecture was given by Paul Goldstein, Stella W. and Ira S. Lillick Professor of Law, Stanford University on "Copyright's Commons" on April 4, 2005. This lecture was published in 29 Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts 1 (2005).

2004 Lecture:

Margo E. Crespin, Asst. Director of the Kernochan Center, Professor Jane C. Ginsburg, 2004 Manges Lecturer, Prof. Diane L. Zimmerman and June M. Besek, Executive Director
of the Kernochan Center.

Diane L. Zimmerman '76, Samuel Tilden Professor of Law, New York University School of Law delivered the 17th Annual Horace S. Manges Lecture at Columbia Law School on March 29, 2004. Professor Zimmerman spoke on "It's an Original!(?): In Pursuit of Copyright's Elusive Essence." This lecture was published in the 28 Columbia Journal of Law the Arts 187 (2005).